- We still have not picked up our lights yet and everything else seems to be going well. Until we have more info on the lights (which we should have this week) we have the same risk for them which is: The most significant risks that could jeopardize the success of the project have not changed much so far. More specifically, the first biggest risk is not being able to properly compile and run code for controlling our light fixture automatically through our control program, which would use Flask, Python, and the Open Light Architecture framework to transmit DMX signals to the lighting system. Our concerns are due to comments given on other people’s projects attempting to control lights using the DMX protocol that the OLA framework is a little finicky and difficult to bootstrap, even though after initial setup progress should be smooth and predictable. To mitigate this risk we will be testing our setup before committing completely to OLA.
- One change that was made was we are now connecting the Pis through wifi rather than a direct ethernet cable. This change was not necessary but wifi works just as well for our purposes and is easier to implement. This change did not incur any costs.
- No updated schedule
Carnegie Mellon ECE Capstone, Spring 2024 by Luke Marolda, Thomas Lee and Matt Hegi